Johnny Cash Hurt

Watch Johnny Cash perform the song Hurt and check out the lyrics and details for this song below. Johnny Cash was 71 years of age at the time of filming this video. Cash had serious health problems at the time and he died several months later. His wife also appears in the music video for “Hurt”.

Johnny Cash Hurt

The music video for “Hurt” features images from Cash’s life and was directed by Mark Romanek. The video was named the best video of the year by both the Grammy Awards and the CMA Awards.

The original “Hurt” song was written by Trent Reznor and first performed by the Nine Inch Nails on their 1994 album “The Downward Spiral”.

Hurt Lyrics

I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a holeThe old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know goes away In the end And you could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt

If I could start again A million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way

The Johnny Cash recording of this song was released on his album “American IV: The Man Comes Around”